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I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.

Thomas Merton
People, Body, Fancy
Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.24, Shambhala Publications
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.